libinput(1)

💅 libinput — the manual page, but make it make sense

okay so real talk: this whole page is the libinput(1) tool suite, part of the libinput Manual. buckle up bestie, we're going in 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

libinput — the tool to interface with libinput. that's it. that's the vibe. 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

libinput [--help|--version] <command> [<args>]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the tea ☕ — libinput is a library to handle input devices, and it provides device detection and input device event processing for most Wayland compositors and the X.Org xf86-input-libinput driver. iconic behavior honestly 👑

The libinput tools are a set of tools to debug, interface with and analyze data for libinput. important: these tools create libinput contexts separate from that of the compositor/X server and cannot change settings in a running session. so don't come for them when your running session doesn't budge, they literally cannot, it's giving "not my job" 💀

Wanna see the whole roster of available commands? Bounce down to the COMMANDS section, it's all there ⭐

libinput's API documentation and details on features and various high-level concepts are available online at https://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/latest/ — go read it, it's lowkey fascinating 💜

also PSA 🚨: the man page for the X.Org xf86-input-libinput driver is libinput(4). yes, the number is different. no, it's not a typo. iykyk.

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🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

• --help — prints help and dips. that's the whole personality ✨
• --version — prints the version and exits. short, sweet, slays 🎀

👑 COMMANDS 👑

okay so here's the full lineup, and yes, every single one is getting its moment:

• libinput-debug-events(1) — prints all events as seen by libinput. literally everything, unfiltered 👀
• libinput-debug-gui(1) — shows a GUI to visualize libinput's events. pretty pictures of your input, we love to see it 🦋
• libinput-debug-tablet(1) — a commandline tool to debug tablet axis values. tablet girlies rise 🖊️
• libinput-list-devices(1) — lists all devices recognized by libinput. a whole roster of your hardware 💅
• libinput-list-kernel-devices(1) — lists all kernel devices available on this system. the kernel's own receipts 🔥
• libinput-measure(1) — measures various properties of devices. numbers, but make it useful 📏
• libinput-record(1) — records the events from a device. it's giving screen recording but for input 🎥
• libinput-replay(1) — replays the events from a device. the sequel to record, we love continuity ✨
• libinput-analyze(1) — analyzes events from a device. detective mode activated 🔍
• libinput-test(1) — tests libinput itself. yes it tests itself, main character energy fr fr 👑

💜 LIBINPUT 💜

part of the libinput(1) suite. one big happy family 🫶

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

• libinput(4)
• libinput's online documentation — https://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/latest/

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and that's the whole page bestie, go forth and debug your input devices with confidence 🧚💖

sign-off time: this was libinput 1.32.0, filed under libinput(1). mwah, bye 💋🎀